Database Error: wp_options doesn’t exist

The Setup

• WordPress 2.3
• PHP 5.2.5 (win32)
• FastCGI for IIS6.0 (win32)
• MySQL 5.0.45 (win32)
• IIS6 (win32)
• Win 2k3 Server, Ent. 32-bit

IIS6 and MySQL are on two different machines.
Have confirmed database connectivity between IIS6 and MySQL
…via command-line logon
…using MySQL credentials
…assigned to WordPress.

The Config

define('DB_NAME', '**database**');

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘**username**’);

define('DB_PASSWORD', '**password**');

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘192.168.0.***’);

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

$table_prefix  = 'wp_';

define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

On IIS6 box, https://localhost/wp-admin/install.php gives…

The Error(s)
WordPress database error Table ‘**database**.wp_options’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘siteurl’
WordPress database error Table ‘**database**.wp_options’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT option_name, option_value FROM wp_options WHERE autoload = ‘yes’
WordPress database error Table ‘**database**.wp_options’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT option_name, option_value FROM wp_options
…
WordPress database error Table ‘**database**.wp_options’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT option_name, option_value FROM wp_options
WordPress database error Table ‘**database**.wp_options’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘cron’ LIMIT 1
WordPress database error Table ‘**database**.wp_options’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘siteurl’

The Question
If I were to manually create this table using the credentials assigned to WordPress, what would it look like?
I’m open to other suggestions, of course.

TIA,
-dhbarr.